CROOK, Thurman Charles, a Representative from Indiana; born on a farm near Peru, Miami
County, Ind., July 18, 1891; attended the Cass County schools, Logansport High
School, Indiana State Normal, Purdue University, Indiana University, and
graduated from Valparaiso University in 1930; learned the carpentry and cement
trades; taught departmental work and coached athletics in Indiana high schools
1913-1948; member of the State house of representatives 1939-1943; served in
the State senate 1943-1947; fruit grower near Logansport, Ind., 1924-1947;
unsuccessful for the Democratic nomination in 1946 to the Eightieth Congress;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress (January 3, 1949-January 3,
1951); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 to the Eighty-second
Congress and for election in 1956 to the Eighty-fifth Congress; farmer,
horticulturist, and sheep raiser; was a resident of Macy, Ind., until his death
in Rochester, Ind., on October 23, 1981.